Baughton Court

SO 84 SE HILL CROOME BAUGHTON

3/58 Baughton Court

11.8.52 II*

House C15 to C17 timber frame and painted brick. L plan with extensions. 2 storey and attics, plain tile roofs. South range with East end wall outside stack, West end cross-wing with 2 side wall stacks, one with massive stone base and 3 star shaped brick stacks, the other a large, single square shaft. Gable ended to East and to South and North ends of cross-wing. Exposed timbers. Main range close-studded with dormer gable, one window and 6 panel door. 2 window range to South gable end of cross-wing with one attic window above. Modern casements. North end of cross-wing. C17 square framing evidence of later extension and blocked 2-light lst floor window. Small addition to West and of main mange, single storey, timber framed with West gable and small South gable. One window range. Inside: chamfered beams to ground floor East side and 1st floor room above, with small moulded plaster ornament to 1st floor ceiling, flower vases in corners and winged cherub head in centre. Chamfered and stopped beams to cross wing and supposed priest's hole on 1st floor West side. Painted date of 1520 in cross-wing South gable, but recorded as 1540 in 1913 (V.C.H) and 1632 in 1898 (N.M.R).

Listing NGR: SO8780341936